Mergers and acquisitions involving Swiss companies have reached their highest number since 2018 and Swiss businesses have taken part in deals worth $163 billion so far this year, the Financial Times reported.
Category: TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT – Dec 23 2025
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SPOTLIGHT: EV GO FU
s we have greatly detailed since the EV evolution began, U.S. carmakers wasted tens of billions of dollars by misjudging the domestic market for EVs.
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CHINA’S DOMESTIC ECONOMY SLUMPS IN NOVEMBER
Last month, the growth in China’s factory output slowed to its weakest pace since September 2024 and retail sales were their most sluggish in the three years since Beijing ended the country’s rolling anti-COVID lockdowns, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
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CHINA’S EXPORTS TO SOUTHEAST ASIA GROW BY 25 PERCENT
As Donald Trump’s trade war slashes China’s trade with the U.S., the world’s second-largest economy has added about 25 percent to its trade volume with the rest of Southeast Asia, the Financial Times reported.
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GERMANY WILL ONLY RECOVER SLOWLY FROM RECESSION, BANK FORECASTS
Germany’s economy will need much of 2026 to emerge from its multiyear recession, the country’s central bank has said, frustrating hopes for a quick growth spurt sparked by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s €1-trillion-plus spending splurge on infrastructure repair and military readiness.
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EUROZONE FACTORY OUTPUT RISES, STRENGTHENING SIGNS OF RECOVERY
In October, industrial production across the 20-country Eurozone grew 0.8 percent from September, which had shown a 0.2-percent gain, the European Union’s statistics agency reported on 15 December.
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NON-BANKS HOLD MORE THAN HALF THE WORLD’S FINANCIAL ASSETS
For the first time since the COVID War, hedge funds, insurance companies, money market funds, mutual funds, private equity firms, and other financial institutions that are not banks hold more than half of the world’s financial assets, according to the intergovernmental Financial Stability Board (FSB).
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GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
The economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that have profoundly affected the business community this year.
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
As AI continues to take over human jobs, 55,000 layoffs in the U.S. this year were attributed to AI, according to job placement and consulting firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas.